Eastside Coalition Pushes for 27th Street Path A coalition of neighborhood associations representing the Old Farm District, Larkspur and Mountain View neighborhoods are asking the city to address bike and pedestrian safety along 27th Street. A project is currently underway to lay new sewer lines under 27th Street between Highway 20 and Reed Market Road. […]
Bend La Pine School District
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Fixing Our Schools
The Oregon PTA calls for the State to address billions in overdue repairs—but where’s the money coming from?
When Bend teacher Travis Overley was a student teacher at Bend High School, teaching in front of a class of more than 40 students was common. At Bend High, however—one of the oldest buildings in the Bend-La Pine School District—Overley says it wasn’t just the size of the classes that stood out. “Kids are sitting […]
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Farmers Markets Open for Summer
Wednesday, Friday and Saturday markets offer three locations
Bend Farmers Market will open for the season next Wednesday, June 1 and dozens of vendors will return to offer shoppers baked goods, fresh flowers, flats of vegetables, berries and other fruits, plus more summer delights to take home. There are many fun surprises to discover, too, such as lavender, honey or jelly. Plain or […]
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Bike Helmets for Kids
Submitted by The Center Foundation Wearing a helmet should be an automatic habit for anyone, regardless of age. Each year, about 400,000 children under the age of 15 are treated in U.S. hospital emergency rooms for bicycle-related injuries, and bicyclists ages 5 to 14 have the highest injury rates of all riders. Helmets provide the […]
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Editorial 2/3-2/10
Counseling Crisis in Bend – La Pine Schools
A local father counts a half-dozen teen suicides in recent memory in the Bend-La Pine Schools, at both the middle school and high school levels. Classmates, parents, teachers, and the families of the deceased will never forget these students, and it underscores a dire situation. Cuts to counseling services in our school district that happened […]
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All Stood Up
Scheduling mix-up postpones Troy Field hearing
Only a few seats were empty in the Bend City Council chambers on Dec. 3. A month earlier, residents concerned about the future of Troy Field had saved the date for a public hearing to consider whether the City should remove a public facilities designation to make way for the downtown property’s sale to an […]
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Letters 6/30-7/7
IN REPLY TO “THIS USED TO BE MY PLAYGROUND” (7/1) To call Troy Park “iconic” is just hubris. It’s a patch of grass barely the size of a football field (if that). As the article states, public entities had plenty of opportunity to purchase this land. They didn’t. Iconic would more aptly describe Drake Park. […]
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Head of the Class
Incoming Superintendent Shay Mikalson looks to the future
After seven-year Superintendent of Bend-La Pine Schools Ron Wilkinson announced his plans to retire this summer, the district launched a national search for his replacement. In the end, though, they found someone close to home. Shay Mikalson, currently serving as the assistant superintendent, was selected as the district’s top pick last week. Though Mikalson worked […]
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Deschutes County’s Top 10 Future News Stories
This morning, representatives from Deschutes County, the City of Bend, Bend La Pine School District and Bend Park and Recreation offered their perspectives on local issues at the Bend Chamber of Commerce State of the Community Address. While the event focused on victories won and challenges faced by the various government bodies (the Urban Growth […]
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The Appiest Place on Earth
Local schools adopt iPads into the classroom in tech pilot program
The Future in 140 Characters (or Less) Angie Huber, a lanky 16-year-old sophomore, sheepishly admits that she has texted during school. Huber’s long brown hair is tied in a bun at the back of her neck, and she’s lacing up her tap shoes getting ready for her after school dance class. Other teens in the […]